TimeShift
TimeShift for Linux is an application that provides functionality similar to the System Restore feature in Windows and Time Machine tool in Mac OS. TimeShift protects your system by taking incremental snapshots of file system at regular intervals.
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Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Privacy focused
Features
- Incremental Backup
- Support for BTRFS
- Ad-free
- Schedule Backup
- Works Offline
- Differential Backup
- No registration required
- No Tracking
- Automatic Backup
- Dark Mode
TimeShift News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- K0RR reviewed TimeShift
No. I'm sorry, I tried to love it many times. Yes, the snapshots are resting fine, but the app itself is a buggy mess.
- It doesn't check for available space while creating a snapshot, so it will fill up your disk completely, and even after this, it still tries to complete the snapshot instead of cancelling, so you will have to wait until it "finishes" because…
- Killing the broken snapshotting process will result in that snapshot not appearing AT ALL - you will have to remove it manually...
- plyght liked TimeShift
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What is TimeShift?
TimeShift for Linux is an application that provides functionality similar to the System Restore feature in Windows and the Time Machine tool in Mac OS. TimeShift protects your system by taking incremental snapshots of the file system at regular intervals. These snapshots can be restored at a later date to undo all changes to the system.
Snapshots are taken using rsync and hard-links. Common files are shared between snapshots which saves disk space. Each snapshot is a full system backup that can be browsed with a file manager.
TimeShift is similar to applications like rsnapshot, BackInTime and TimeVault but with different goals. It is designed to protect only system files and settings. User files such as documents, pictures and music are excluded. This ensures that your files remains unchanged when you restore your system to an earlier date. If you need a tool to backup your documents and files please take a look at the excellent BackInTime application which is more configurable and provides options for saving user files.
TimeShift information
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Comments and Reviews
What a great program. Now you can tinker with your Linux installation to your heart's content without any serious consequences. No meddling with virtual OS'es for the same reason needed. If that's not cool I don't know what is.
No. I'm sorry, I tried to love it many times. Yes, the snapshots are resting fine, but the app itself is a buggy mess.
Extremely easy to use and keep function backups. The backups themselves are incremental, meaning they're very light. Helpful for maintaining a working linux system and when all goes wrong it can be used to restore the entire boot drive.
I really like this tool to add layers of protection to my Linux Mint, which makes me more prepared in cases of error of my OS, helping me to recover it and avoiding my loss of files!
An excellent backup tool, and probably one of the simplest for Linux I've ever used.
I really wish you could save to a network location though, or select a different location than "/timeshift."
Easy system backups for noobs and other humans
TimeShift is a lifesaver. I discovered a new bug that killed major part of my connectivity. Nothing worked. Used Timeshift and was running again within 10-15 minutes. It does not backup your home files by default, not meant to replace backups. This could be the thing that saves you an entire day of work trying to fix something vs. being fixed in few minutes.